Daily Republican., 1887-10-12
AR. AND MRS. BO wsER.

@Ass AksA< A4ksos NJ "0kn.
The other evening when Mr.. Bow
ser came home to supper he began TO
empty his pockets of fish hooks and
lines and sinkers and bobbers and
reels, and / naturally asked him what
was going to happen.
I'VE are going a.fshing, Mrs. Bow.
SER"
"When~
Tomorrow"
"But l can't go. You know mother
is"
"Your mother be hanged, Mrs.
Bowser You can take baby over
there and we'll 90 of for little recre-
ation."
"Do you-you suppose we'll catch
anything9"
"You probably won't, for no woman
knows how to fish. There might be q
thousand bass and pickerel within
foot of her hook and she wouldn't get
a bite. However, you look worn out
and day off will brighten you up"
"Will you catch any fish, Mr.. Bow
ser?"
"Humphl What do you suppose I
invested IS in fishing tackle forY I
don't want to give the exact number
shall catch, because there may be one
more or less. You had better tell the
| girl to clean out one of those kegs to-
night and have it all ready to salt
down our fish in"
Mr.. Bowser was in excellent good
humor that evening. His talk ran to
bass, pickerel, wall-eyed pike and
perch, and he spent two hours with
/ his fish lines and sinkers. He gave
me long and entertaining lecture on
the habits of the pickcrel- the pick
lerel weighing from three to fifteen
pounds-and he followed that with
some choice anecdotes of black bass -
their powers of sight, voracious appe-
tites, etc. Fearing that he was over
sanguine l felt it my duty to observe:
"Mr. Bowser, suppose you shouldn't
catch q fishf"
He looked at me with such an in
jured air that felt sorry for him, but
continued:
''Suppose should catch 'em allP"
He looked startled for moment.
Then he came over to me with q
pleasant smile on his face, placed his
hand on my head in tatherly way,
and kindly replied
my dear, l hope you will catch
every blessed fish In Lake st. Clairl
Nothing would give me more pleas
ure than TO see you haul out wagon
load"
We went up the lake next morning
and began fishing from private dock.
Dir. Bowser got his fish line tied TO the
pole before we were within forty rods
Of the deck, and when we were yet
100 feet away he put minnow on the
hook and jumped out and ran for the
dock, leaving me to hitch the horse.
1t looked bit selfish TO me, but
have since ascertained that all hus-
bands who go fishing with their wives
do the same thing. He had been fish
IiEg twenty minutes before l got
Idown, and I asked II he had any
bites.
"Bitesp OF course not. You don't
think l tclegraphed the fish what
minute we'd be here, do you? If you
Iget bite in an hour and half you'll
lido mighty we'll"
i No sooner had thrown in my hook
than l felt yank, and the line was
carried off to the left. called Mr.
Bowser's attention TO it and lie re-
Iplied:
"It's probably an old boot or ar
oyster can. Don't get excited and fal
off the dock"
| After feeling a heavy tug at the
line made pull, accompanied by q
Iyell, and lol landed a three-pound
bass on the planks. just jumped up
land down and yelled TO Mr.. Bowser to
come and help me. He came ovel
and growled:
'Humphi Fish was making for my
bait when you happened to pull up
Mice way that Is 70 fish."
"But the hook Is In his mouth"
"Well, don't startle the people in
the graveyard BY some hook or CROOK
or blunder you've caught poor old
WORTHLESS sheepehead, but don't break
1.-THE dock down over itl"
He was 90 anxious 10 catch the nexI
Iflah that he wouldn't stop to take mine
loft, but I finally got 1t off, rebaited the
.1hook. and as dropped it in Mr.. Bow
scr said:
''It isn't likely that another accident
Twill occur, but If 1t does don't cantel
laround lise a lunatic. Your actioni
frightened an immense fish away from
fmy hook"
"I feel a bite, Mr.. Bowser."
.'Boshi"
"But surely do"
Mrs. Bowser, don't you dare to
Ipull up your line and scare my fish
Iawsy."
I@I knew I had fish, and I pulled
and landed q pound perch. / couldn't
lhelp to clap my hands and call to Mr..
iBoweer, and he replied:
"Are you baby or grown womanP
/, Are you the only person on earth who
lever caught a poor starved perch.
(which no doubt took this means OF
Icommitting suicide1"
"But come over and fish in this
"Neyer! There isn't another fish
r within forty rods of you"
dropped my hook in again and got
, Ianother perch. Then came rock
bass and a third perch. l don't say q
a. NJ, pouser and he WhiStled